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Incident

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7AC · St Petersburg, FL · September 7, 1989

Date
September 7, 1989 · 10:04 local
Place
St Petersburg, FL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1704E
Reported as
Bbavia 7AC
Reported engine
Continental C85*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total200 in this make and model400 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Power loss. Forced landing on highway. Landed safely. Carburetor disabled by contaminated fuel.

As the FAA filed it

POWER LOSS. FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY. LANDED SAFELY. CARBURETOR DISABLED BY CONTAMINATED FUEL.